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Original lineart by *tattereddreams. List of available linearts to color: [link]

[edit:] After several futile attempts, I finally figured out how to make the water shineys. Now it's shiny. %D
[edit 2:] Reduced the contrast in Blondie's hair, upped the contrast on Eric's face, and desaturated those purple things. TWEAKS FTW!

I went to the pre-Broadway release of The Little Mermaid musical in Denver on Thursday! It was good - lots of new songs, but all the old ones, too. Ursula was particularly good. She reminded me of Glenn Close (or something along those lines). I think she got more applause at the end than Ariel did, lol. They'll tweak a few things in the play according to how the Denver audiences reacted to it, and then officially open it on Broadway in a few months. I'm so glad I got to see this one - I've wanted to see The Lion King and haven't gotten around to it!

Anyway, I'm very very proud of this piece, particularly because it actually has a background, mood lighting, and a helluva lot of detail (hence the time it took to CG). But - I've discovered I like painting water. %D

And yes, you saw right: Far-Left Mermaid = Ariel. I tried to make Tied-Up Man look like Eric, but I think I failed. Even if I succeeded, that would be a disturbing image - a Disney princess drowning her prince? Talk about issues.

Tools: Photoshop 7, laptop (touchpad mouse - no tablet), *kaykaykit's water tutorial (♥♥♥!)
Time: 12 hours (or about two days on-and-off)
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!Guillaume19 Mar 13, 2012  New member Hobbyist Photographer
good work!
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~estoshia3789 Nov 15, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
stunning!

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~CrazyCookieStar Oct 21, 2011  Student General Artist
beautiful!! so many details at the hair :heart: I`m working on smthing like this and I really hope it'll come out nicely:heart:

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~TheFoxyEccentric274 Mar 28, 2011
According to the poem tattereddreams posted it isn't the mermaids' fault that the knight is down there, is it?
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~MissingHorcrux Mar 29, 2011
It doesn't say... He's just sort of there. Not sure how he got there, but it's still kinda strange.

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~TheFoxyEccentric274 Mar 29, 2011
I had read the poem the first time I saw the lineart. I always figured that the knight had done something very wrong and had been cursed by the sea. When the mermaids came across him, they loved or pitied him and so kept him company. :shrug: I don't suppose we'll ever know.
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~SapphireIceQueen21 Sep 16, 2010
awesome! i love how you did the water and the shimmer/reflection on the mermaids tails
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~MissingHorcrux Oct 2, 2010
Thank you! :)

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~seawaterwitch Sep 2, 2010
So gorgeous, both black and white drawing and when you colouring it ^___^

So beautiful *___*

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~dragon8writer Jun 2, 2010
It looks nice. :)

Nothing compared to the issues in the original story, though. :P

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